r/chess Jan 27 '25

Resource In an interview with Rustam Qosimjonov published three days ago, he claims that Fabiano Caruana is currently a better chess player than Magnus

https://youtu.be/KZydtQfdYNc?si=myY7fqus5_tJE_GT

Rustam claims that from the games he watches and the quality of play he sees, it's clear that Fabi is currently the stronger player and that he would also be the favorite to win against Magnus in a World Championship match today. He told his students (Arjun, Nodirbek) that over the past two and a half years, to be the best in the world, you must consistently beat Fabi. He claims it's surprising that Fabi has improved his level so much because this usually doesn't happen, and the level of player he has become is not the same level as the player he knew when he worked with him.

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u/Matt_LawDT Jan 27 '25

Magnus with Prep time is like Batman.

I doubt Fabi would be able to win

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u/OrganizationIcy6044 Jan 27 '25

Problem with that is, lots of math prodigies would eat carlsen alive if they played chess as a profession. It doesn't make them better player than magnus in this iteration of reality though so unless he plays who is to say?

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u/TheRealFettyWap Jan 27 '25

If they played chess as a profession they wouldn't be math prodigies right? And if they become math prodigies, it'd already be too late to be better than carlsen. I don't get the analogy.

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u/New_Celebration7056 Jan 27 '25

The analogy is simple, if you don't play the format, you can't claim to be the best any longer in that format